The Justice Department has determined that the University of California , Los Angeles ( UCLA ) medical school illegally considered race in its admissions process, intensifying the Trump administration's scrutiny of college selection methods. This finding escalates an existing dispute with UCLA, previously focused on allegations of antisemitic harassment at its main campus. UCLA’s medical school did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Affirmative action in college admissions was outlawed by a 2023 Supreme Court ruling. The Trump administration alleges institutions are now using personal statements and other proxies to consider race, which conservatives deem illegal discrimination. The Justice Department also opened investigations in March into potential race-based discrimination in medical school admissions at Stanford, Ohio State and the University of California, San Diego.…